Mrs. Witness

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  am i right in thinking that jws can lie under certain crcumstances ?

  by looloo in

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  can anyone quote me any literarature on lying being alright , does it not matter about lying to worldlys as they are considered evil anyway .

  when i used to study i remember hearing many times "i cannot tell a lie ,i am a jehovahs witness "( this was usually said by people who everyone knew told lies ) when i hear jw talk now about how marvelous they are it makes me want to vomit .

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  Mrs. Witness

  I also think it's in the custody battle book, if someone could post the link again.
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  NY Times article on religion and custody battles

  by Seeker4 in

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  2. beliefs

  this article doesn't mention the witnesses, but the principles sure fit and i thought some might be interested in looking at it.

  could someone activate the link for me?

  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/13/us/13custody.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=login

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  That's the thing that scares me the most! Courts are too afraid of making judgments based on religion...even when the religion is clearly out of line.

  Can you imagine converting to Old Order Amish?! And how can the court say that polygamist teachings aren't harmful psychologically? Wasn't there a recent article about a girl who escaped that situation?! UGH!
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  First rock concert

  by JK666 in

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  i have recently talked with other members on jwd about the first time they went to a concert.

  it was interesting the different choices of artists, and the age we were when we finally went to one.. my first was after i got my driver's license, so i was 16 years old.

  i went to see a concert with black oak arkansas, foghat, and montrose (when sammy hagar was just a pup).

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  My first was Motley Crue at 13. Y&T opened for them and they only played one song before the singer left the stage. I guess he had a sore throat. My last was AC/DC in 1996 when I was 5 months pregnant with daughter #1. She really enjoyed kicking along with the guns on "For those about to rock".

  I've seen Motley Crue twice, Whitesnake twice, Guns N Roses & Aerosmith once. But the best, the ABSOLUTE BEST was Page & Plant way back in 1995. They're awesome and even though I haven't been to a concert in 12 years because they're too damn expensive, I will pay to see them again if they tour!

  Edited to add: Dinah, I saw Blow Up Your Video too! It was my second concert. I've seen AC/DC three times I think. They know how to put on a show!!
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  The Door to Door Argument and various musings

  by Mrs. Witness in

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  2. friends

  hey everybody!

  i had it out with hubby this weekend.

  i think what set it off was a "to-do" list that he made first thing in the morning that listed all the chores i needed to do under his name and the chore under my name was to go to the kh with him to hear the co give a talk about "why the bible is accurate".

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  I knew that and so after he read it in the NWT, I read it to him from my NIV. I was so close. I could almost see the light go on.
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  The Door to Door Argument and various musings

  by Mrs. Witness in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey everybody!

  i had it out with hubby this weekend.

  i think what set it off was a "to-do" list that he made first thing in the morning that listed all the chores i needed to do under his name and the chore under my name was to go to the kh with him to hear the co give a talk about "why the bible is accurate".

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  Thanks OTWO!!

  I told him that the house to house thing was groups that got together!

  Another funny thing I said (if I do say so) was "It's the sermon on the mount, not the sermon on the doorstep!!" Gotta keep my sense of humor!
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  The Door to Door Argument and various musings

  by Mrs. Witness in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey everybody!

  i had it out with hubby this weekend.

  i think what set it off was a "to-do" list that he made first thing in the morning that listed all the chores i needed to do under his name and the chore under my name was to go to the kh with him to hear the co give a talk about "why the bible is accurate".

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  Been to evilbible. Tried that. I took a course on the NT at college and so I knew about many of the discrepancies already. He puts his figurative fingers in his figurative ears and mentally says "blah, blah, blah".
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  The Door to Door Argument and various musings

  by Mrs. Witness in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey everybody!

  i had it out with hubby this weekend.

  i think what set it off was a "to-do" list that he made first thing in the morning that listed all the chores i needed to do under his name and the chore under my name was to go to the kh with him to hear the co give a talk about "why the bible is accurate".

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  Buffalo: Exactly. He had the audacity to tell me how EFFECTIVE the d-t-d work is. I laughed at him and asked how many hours it took to get one convert.

  Moo: That's sort of where I was going with it, but the night before he told me that he thought Jimi Hendrix would be resurrected. When I asked him why he thought that, he just said "because I do" and then he said "I doubt that he heard the message". So, I just dropped it.

  Is it common for JW's to want things both ways?
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  The Door to Door Argument and various musings

  by Mrs. Witness in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey everybody!

  i had it out with hubby this weekend.

  i think what set it off was a "to-do" list that he made first thing in the morning that listed all the chores i needed to do under his name and the chore under my name was to go to the kh with him to hear the co give a talk about "why the bible is accurate".

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  Mrs. Witness

  Thanks Honesty!
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  The Door to Door Argument and various musings

  by Mrs. Witness in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey everybody!

  i had it out with hubby this weekend.

  i think what set it off was a "to-do" list that he made first thing in the morning that listed all the chores i needed to do under his name and the chore under my name was to go to the kh with him to hear the co give a talk about "why the bible is accurate".

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  Yes, 007, we also went down that road. He mentioned the "broad road" and the "narrow path" and I asked him why they wanted to convert everyone because if they converted everyone, then JW would be the broad road...

  He also said that going door-to-door was an effective way of converting people. I laughed at him for that one.
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  The Door to Door Argument and various musings

  by Mrs. Witness in

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  2. friends

  hey everybody!

  i had it out with hubby this weekend.

  i think what set it off was a "to-do" list that he made first thing in the morning that listed all the chores i needed to do under his name and the chore under my name was to go to the kh with him to hear the co give a talk about "why the bible is accurate".

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  Hey Everybody! I had it out with hubby this weekend. I think what set it off was a "to-do" list that he made first thing in the morning that listed all the chores I needed to do under his name and the chore under my name was to go to the KH with him to hear the CO give a talk about "why the Bible is accurate". I wrote HELL NO across the lists and proceeded to make my list: Hubby: Stop attending cult brainwashing sessions forever, work 40 hours. Mrs. Witness: do all chores, cooking, shopping, taking care of kids, and work 40 hours forever". He just smiled and folded the lists up. He thought he could bribe me by promising a fabulous brunch after the meeting...he said he'd even skip the WT session!!

  Anyway, he told me he was doing the same work as Jesus, going door to door. I challenged him to find ANY scripture that said that Jesus went door to door. Of course he couldn't find any but he settled on the one in Matthew about "find a house, give it your blessing...yadda yadda". I told him that meant "find a place to stay". I almost thought I had made some inroads. He was really stymied. Unfortunately, he's so far in that he thought that it was his fault that he couldn't find the right scripture.

  I got so angry with him that he told me that I was fulfilling scripture. How do you continue a conversation with someone after he says something like that? I digress...

  Anyone got any good links for the door-to-door argument? I really felt a doubt there.

  Thanks for listening!

  Mrs. Witness.